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Platforms came along i are seeing. once streaming platforms came along and l platforms came along and started to bring in content from all over the world we started to see the normal geographic barriers breaking down among audiences and you only have to look at squid game being one of the biggest phenomenons of the last year to know that people are willing to watch shows and movies in other languages now and that is something that many of us were saying for a long time and i think the industry i...

Including text messages, phone numbers, metadata, and we really had to drive home to people that you cannot access that without probable cause and a court order and thats only done in cases of terrorism investigations, but the point is that this is kind of the holy grail of the potential abuse of power on top of the vast powers of the u.s. government. and i think one of the things thats been troubling and the revelations around january 6th is how much trump, who as president constantly pushed ba...

Rewriting guidance on policies and making sure we communicate that to our relatives who have every right to come and see their loved ones. if i could not see my loved ones i would be very cross. ijust bet my month in some sort of isolation because we had to tier in my house. it is very important that we have visitors coming in and i have spoken to relatives who want to do the most they can to keep their loved ones safe. it is not about restricting anything, it is about making sure when will lowe...

Understand entirely the frustrations people have about the additional checks that have been necessary as a result of brexit and those have affected ports in kent, dover, and so on, and because of the protocol they affect us as well so it has had an impact and i dont underestimate the seriousness of that issue but these are the same people who championed borders and barriers and frictions and are now complaining about the workings of their own policy. the reality is that if the executive collapse...

A unionist minister in the belfast assembly has directed officials to stop carrying out checks on goods entering northern ireland from the rest of the uk. the checks effectively keep northern ireland in the eu single market, post brexit. it also prevents the need for customs at the land border between northern ireland and the irish republic, which is in the european union. but the northern ireland protocol, as its called, but the northern ireland protocol, as its called, is deeply unpopular amon...

Between the land border of northern ireland and ireland, an eu state. the northern ireland protocol, as its called, is deeply unpopular amongst unionist politicians who dont want any barriers between northern ireland and the rest of the uk. political paralysis returns to stormont, something the dup have been threatening since last year. today the first minister stepped down, it was delivered. our institutions are being tested once again, and the delicate balance created by the belfast and st and...

Protesters are there, yasmin, you saw last hour the police moved up and down this street making arrests and i think the snow has gotten folks to just go home on their own. what youre looking at, this road leads from one of canadas main interstates to the ambassador bridge, you can see the jersey barriers those cement barricades theyll put them on that street so no one can come from the side streets. the question i have is the same question everybody asked the mayor this morning which is are you ...

They dont want to alienate the europeans so much that it hurts chinas economic interests and other strategic interests. reports suggest u.s. football star tom brady is set to retire. however, the legendary quarterback himself has not released a statement. and people close to him insist a final decision has not been conveyed to them. brady is a seven-time super bowl champion, arguably the greatest quarterback ever in the national football league. the 44-year-old just finished his 22nd season, r...

Demands for call centers and outreach efforts, but its a layering of issues. yes, theres an online database to cure your mail ballots from the secretary of state, but you have to put in both of your i. d. numbers to even get into the database. so if you only have one i. d. number, you cant even get into the states database to cure your dog mail ballot. its a layering of this, reelection loss, confusion, fear, paperwork for the application. paperwork for curing. you have to ask yourself, are you ...

Measures, we cant continue to see it as a one-way street. if a new variant were to arise, if the number of cases or the burden on the hospital system were to go in the wrong direction, people need to be ready to know that these measures could be put back in place. and throughout this pandemic, i think theres been a misconception that things go in one direction. cases go up, they come down, and then we remove these barriers, and theres no discussion that were doing it because of whats happening w...